Sphingidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
FAMILY: Published in
in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 400

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Lepidoptera: family
Sphingidae

Name

Synonyms: Cocytiidae
Homonyms: Sphingidae
Common names: Aftensværmere in Danish; Hawk Moths in English; Hawk Moths in English; Hornworms in English; Hornworms in English; Sphinx in French; Sphinx Moths in English; Sphinx Moths in English; hawk moths in English; hawk-moths in English; hornworms in English; kiitäjät in Finnish; pijlstaarten in Dutch; sphinx moths in English; svärmare in Swedish; tussmørkesvermarar in Nynorsk, Norwegian; tussmørkesvermere in Norwegian Bokmål; Hawk-moth in English; Hawk-moth in English; Hawk-moth in English; hawk moths in English; pijlstaarten in Dutch; seabhag-lèomann in Scottish Gaelic; seabhagan-lèomann in Scottish Gaelic

Bibliographic References

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Hydén, Jilg & Östman (2006) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Fjärilar: Ädelspinnare–tofsspinnare. Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae–Lymantriidae.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 41 Addition to the Official List of family- group names in Zoology or, as the case may be, to the Official Index of Rejected and invalid family-group names in Zoology of the family-group names Involved in volume 11 of the Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological nomenclature, other than family-group names already dealt with in those Opinions.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 11(30), 431-452 (1956)
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Latreille (1802) Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complete d'histoire naturelle rédigé par C.S. Sonnini
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
Tuttle, James P., 2007: null. The Hawk Moths of North America: A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada. 253.
de Jong (2013) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web: version 2.6.2
van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148: 212-221.
van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148: 212-221.
van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148: 212-221.
van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148: 212-221.